Oxfam Australia is marking the 10th anniversary of the Rana Plaza tragedy by calling on Australian brands to do more to protect the rights of garment workers; as a new Oxfam survey found 9 in 10 (88%) of Australians rate the safety of garment workers as important when buying clothes. The collapse of the eight-story […]
Today, the Development Assistance Committee of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD DAC) published its preliminary figures on the amount of development aid for 2022. The data shows that overall aid spending from 30 OECD members summed 204 billion US dollars in 2022. Rich countries only committed 0.36 percent of their gross national income […]
After decades of conflict and crippling drought and economic crisis, the humanitarian emergency is set to get even worse in Afghanistan. The United Nations has found current aid efforts will fall $800 million short over the next six months. The Help Fight Famine alliance acknowledges the $141 million in humanitarian aid to Afghanistan committed by […]
Oxfam Australia has praised the Albanese Government’s world-leading corporate tax transparency legislation, saying it will help reduce tax avoidance in Australia and abroad, and help ensure big corporations pay their fair share of tax. Quotes attributable to Lyn Morgain, Chief Executive, Oxfam Australia: “Global tax dodging is costing Australia and starving low-income countries of much […]
Oxfam Australia commends Aboriginal communities on the NSW south coast, who have extracted strong and far-reaching commitments from the in-coming Labor government to end the targeting of Aboriginal cultural fishers and support commercial aspirations. In the seat of Bega, which has a 5 per cent Aboriginal population, Labor’s Dr Michael Holland achieved a swing of […]
The Allies for Uluru Coalition – representing more than 180 civil society organisations across the country – welcome and endorse the agreed wording for constitutional change and a First Nations Voice to Parliament announced by the Prime Minister today. We have heard the message of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leaders of the Uluru […]
As the Roy family and their obscene displays of wealth return to our screens later this week, Oxfam Australia is shining a light on billionaire wealth, global inequality and calling for a wealth tax on the super-rich. The HBO show Succession satirises fictitious extreme wealth, power and unbridled privilege. Though in reality this outrageous wealth […]
Oxfam Australia has made a plea for urgent action, as the IPCC Synthesis report today highlights limiting warming to 1.5°C is on its last legs. Quotes attributable to Lyn Morgain, Chief Executive, Oxfam Australia. “This is, literally, the last chapter. The science shows that limiting global heating to 1.5°C is still possible —but only just. […]
As a new poll shows overwhelming support for Australia’s aid effort, Australian politicians will today hear the case for a $110 million famine relief package from people who have direct experience of the growing crisis in Africa. The YouGov poll of 1055 Australia voters for the Help Fight Famine campaign finds that despite the domestic […]
Oxfam Australia has welcomed the 2023 Close the Gap coalition’s annual report which shows how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander-led programs and activism are helping to support health equality. Through eight case studies, the report showcases the role of communities and youth, and has a strong focus on human rights, specifically the impact of climate […]